2006 Holiday Blizzards

The holiday blizzards in 2006 put a huge dent in thousands of travelers' holiday plans, crippled city services and closed Denver International Airport. ... Top right: Ellie Garrett, Bottom right: Photo in Douglas County by Ann Pritzlaff, Bottom left: Photo by Randy West of Shane, 7. "He is quite the acrobat and loves to make people laugh. He asked me to 'send this photo to CBS4 to show the funner side of the blizzard.'" Top left: Photo by Monica Martinez of Firestone of Dominic Martinez. She wrote "This blizzard really was a great bonding experience for my family! Sometimes we forget how lucky we are to have loving and caring people around us. The blizzard seemed to be perfect timing for an all-around AWESOME Christmas!"

Snow Faces

The holiday blizzards in 2006 put a huge dent in thousands of travelers' holiday plans, crippled city services and closed Denver International Airport. ...Right: Photo by Jim Ashworth in Broomfield ... Left: Caroline Bradley and Kathryn Kuypers liked the taste of snowflakes.

2006 Holiday Blizzards

De-Icing crews remove snow and ice from a plane that has been grounded due to a recent blizzard at Denver International Airport December 22, 2006 in Denver, Colorado. On Friday the clean-up began after the storm left thousands of travelers stranded and also caused a shut down of the city and highways exiting Denver. (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)

Vehicles Catch Fire

The holiday blizzards in 2006 put a huge dent in thousands of travelers' holiday plans, crippled city services and closed Denver International Airport. ...Right: Cody Smith photo taken at Peoria and Iliff in Aurora ... Left: Chris took this photo of a plow truck on fire in Littleton near the entrance to Colorado Mills Mall in Littleton, Colo., behind Costco.

Snow People

Top left: Photo taken at 46th and Zuni on Dec. 22. The little girl is Nyallie. Top Right: Alta Valliant took this photo of "the neighborhood snowman we built in the middle of the sidewalk" at 3100 block of Benton St. in Wheat Ridge. Bottom right: Jamie Mohr-Sullivan sent this photo of the chairs on her back porch "dressing for the weather." Bottom Left: John Stadler of Boulder writes: "I made a mammoth snow man at my brother's residence in Erie, CO. His name is Jabba the Snowman."

Snow Party

Dani, 10, in Berthoud had a birthday party on Jan. 6, 2006, and they "went from the hot tub to the snow and back numerous times." Here the group stands next to a snow cave she built with her cousin Ryan Mullan, 24, who recently served in the military.

The holiday blizzards in 2006 put a huge dent in thousands of travelers' holiday plans, crippled city services and closed Denver International Airport. ... Jennifer Burgess took this picture after the sun broke through in Bailey.

Home For The Holidays

Marc Hodel of Lakewood, home for Christmas Break from West Point, found it a challenge to get his car out of the driveway.

Peace Signs

James and Sharon Hanna of Northglenn "after the back-to-back snowstorms at the beginning of this year. We are holding peace signs for 2007 on our fingers."

2006 Holiday Blizzards

John Hickenlooper, mayor of Denver during the storm, showed off how road plowing was being handled. (credit: CBS)

So Much Snow

The holiday blizzards in 2006 put a huge dent in thousands of travelers' holiday plans, crippled city services and closed Denver International Airport. ... Left: Cory Shannon sent this photo "Kitty vs. Snowdrift" ... Right: Jenni in Fort Collins took this photo of a pet ferret in the snow.

Calvin Funk sent CBS4 this photo on Dec. 22, 2006, when the snow was falling hard with the caption: "Frosty's Demise -- It's even dangerous for snowmen out there."

2006 Holiday Blizzards

Stranded travelers sleep on cots in the Denver International Airport terminal after a snow storm shut down operations for two days December 22. 2006 in Denver. Flights were canceled after a blizzard dropped over two feet of snow and closed highways in and out of Denver. (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)

Frontier planes get deiced at Denver International Airport. (credit: CBS)

Cheers

The holiday blizzards in 2006 put a huge dent in thousands of travelers' holiday plans, crippled city services and closed Denver International Airport. ... The Wiley family took this photo at their home in Firestone.

Plows Out In Force

The holiday blizzards in 2006 put a huge dent in thousands of travelers' holiday plans, crippled city services and closed Denver International Airport. ... Photo of snowplows on on the Highland Bridge in Denver by Jeff and Cindy Newton.

David Espinoza sent this photo of a physically disabled man clearing a driveway.

Plans Dashed

The Kientz Family was supposed to fly out of Denver but got stuck clearing the snow.

2006 Holiday Blizzards

Travelers drive down Highway 225 east of Denver while signs flash closed highways ahead December 21, 2006 in Denver, Colorado. Heavy snow came in early Wednesday December 20 and shut down Denver International Airport stranding passengers overnight and closed highways out of Colorado in all directions. (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)

Artistic Snow

From Genie Ketterl in Castle Rock: a "drift on my porch; very artistic."

Snow movers work to clear the runways at Denver International Airport Dec. 22, 2006. On Friday the clean-up began a recent blizzard left thousands of travelers stranded and also caused a shut down of the city and highways exiting Denver. (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)

ATV Plowing

Brent and Cole Johnson of Evergreen are featured in this photo.

Special Delivery

CBS4 photographer Tom Meyers took this photo on Dec. 21, 2006, at around noon.

Driveway Sledding

Sara & Wilfrid Lantonkpode took this photo of their children Eric and Marc enjoying the blizzard ("sledding downhill from our driveway after building their snowman!")

2006 Holiday Blizzards

Traffic begins to back up as snow falls on U.S. Highway 36 December 28, 2006 in Louisville. (Photo by Kevin Moloney/Getty Images)

2006 Holiday Blizzards

Pepsi Center workers clear snow prior to the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Denver Nuggets on Dec. 28, 2006, at the Pepsi Center. (Photo by Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)

Snow Cave

The Skinner family sent this photo of Maddyson, 2 (in pink), and Grace, 4 (in purple), "playing in the snowcave that daddy had built for them just outside our front door."

2006 Holiday Blizzards

Stranded passengers rest at the closed Denver International Airport on Dec. 22. 2006. Flights have been cancelled due to a winter storm that hit the city. (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)

2006 Holiday Blizzards

Stranded passengers rest at the closed Denver International Airport on Dec. 22. 2006. Flights have been cancelled due to a winter storm that hit the city. (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)

2006 Holiday Blizzards

People skate past an inflatable snow globe at the Winterskate outdoor skating rink December 28, 2006 in Louisville. (Photo by Kevin Moloney/Getty Images)

2006 Holiday Blizzards

De-Icing crews try to get a Continental Airlines plane clear of snow and ice at Denver International Airport Dec. 20, 2006. (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)

2006 Holiday Blizzards

Snow movers work to clear the runways at Denver International Airport Dec. 22, 2006. On Friday the clean-up began a recent blizzard left thousands of travelers stranded and also caused a shut down of the city and highways exiting Denver. (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)